Gov. Rick Perry unleashed his veto pen Friday — just days before a Sunday deadline — scrubbing a total of 27 bills, including money for a special division that investigates public malfeasance and an ethics proposal with new transparency reforms.

Perry also struck down Senate Bill 15, which would have placed new limits on the power of the University of Texas System Board of Regents to fire campus presidents.

And Perry vetoed a bill that prohibits public schools from selling sugary drinks.